href="mailto:Cbla665743@aol.com">Cecelia BlalockHomeSaccharin warning labels removedThe food industry has long argued that warning labels on products containing saccharin are unnecessary. Apparently its argument resonated with powerful forces in Congress because in a somewhat unusual move, the 2001 appropriations bill for Health and Human Services contained a provision eliminating the warning label for saccharin.January 31, 2001HomeWater, water everywhereIn another of Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman's 11th hour regulations, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a new requirement. Meat processors must list clearly on labels the percentage of retained water or the maximum percentage of absorbed water of meat and poultry products.January 31, 2001Coding, printing & labelingProposed new biotech food rulesThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a 120-day premarket notification for biotech foods in which manufacturers would provide the FDA with information demonstrating that the product is as safe as its conventional counterpart.January 31, 2001Coding, printing & labelingBeware the fine printTo overhaul the drug warnings to physicians usually found in fine print on drug packages or package inserts, the Food and Drug Administration proposed new regulations for new prescription drug packaging.December 31, 2000Coding, printing & labelingAttacks on irradiation misplaced, say food organizationsAccording to the Grocery Manufacturers of America (GMA) and the National Food Processors Association (NFPA), a recent report attacking food irradiation by the public interest group Public Citizen hinders food safety efforts.December 31, 2000Coding, printing & labelingCountry of origin labeling a marketing, not a safety issueOpponents of a bill, sponsored by Idaho Representative Helen Chenoweth-Hage requiring mandatory country-of-origin labeling for the livestock in meat and meat products, told a House Agriculture Subcommittee that such a requirement would impose significant burdens on the food industry, be extremely costly, and would damage U.S. ability to export its meats.December 31, 2000HomeVampires maybe, cholesterol noThe Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is advising consumers that many label and ad claims that garlic supplements lower cholesterol are false and misleading.December 31, 2000HomeNew health claim for heart diseaseThe Federal Drug Administration has approved a new health claim for food labels linking plant sterol or plant stanol to a reduction in coronary heart disease.December 31, 2000Page 1 of 1Top StoriesRoboticsCOVID-19, Technology Advancements Drive Robot AdoptionPart I of Packaging World’s 2022 Robot Report explores how new challenges are driving the development of robot technologies for primary food and pharma packaging, case packing, and palletizing/depalletizing.Materials & containersNestlé and other companies are moving toward paper packaging solutionsBusiness intelligenceThroughput Driving Pharma AutomationRoboticsSix-Axis Robots Gently Depalletize, Clean Cosmetics BottlesSponsor ContentBulk Bag Filling: Increase Bulk Material Packaging Efficiency
